How to Ask For Flexible Working Hours
The modern workplace is changing, and more and more employers are offering flexible work schedules…
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Seven secrets of unflappable the working mother
We've all seen her at the school gates: immaculate makeup, hair glossy and chic, pristine…
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New year: your new approach to being a working mum
Do you feel like you have to constantly prove yourself in the workplace because you’re a working mum? With most of us having a few days off because of the Christmas and bank holidays, this is your chance to go back to work renewed and ready to stand firm!
We don’t ask to be treated like martyrs, or for a medal, neither do we ask for special treatment, just because we have children. Most of us working mums just want to get on – by that I mean getting on with the work we’re being paid to do. Most of us want to get in with that work without feeling as though every step we take in the workplace is being scrutinised in case any semblance of life outside it is impacting on our work or how we do it.
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Get your ship in order: How to lessen the load as a working mum
Forget all notions about being Superwoman. By now, you’ll know that it was fictitious and she didn’t have children anyway!
Being a working mum takes some effort. All the juggling of childcare, shopping, work commitments, social activities for the children, and then just taking a breath for yourself can be exhausting.